Everyone who leaves the military should receive a veterans’ card with a single
contact number for a charity hotline in the unlikely event that he or she
might need support, a
major review commissioned by the Prime Minister recommended yesterday.

Lord Ashcroft, the Conservative peer and author of the study, said that his
idea could evolve into a form of loyalty card, which would enable former
servicemen and women and their families to claim discounts from shops and
other rewards.

The card was among a list of 50 recommendations designed to help soldiers,
sailors, airmen and Royal Marines to make